Georgia Institution Wants to Put Students on the Path to a Degree Before They Enroll

By Sara Lipka

Albany State University, a historically black institution in
southwestern Georgia, will begin pushing prospective students this
week to get as close as they can to a degree before enrolling
there.

The university plans to announce on Monday an On-Ramp Program
that lets students "start college before college" through
StraighterLine, a company that offers self-paced, online courses,
and through LearningCounts.org, an online portal to document
workplace skills and have